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Footnotes to Chapter 4

1. P. Rogerson, P. Allen & J. Lambert, Motorcycle Involvement in Accidents by Power/Weight, Style and Rider Experience, VicRoads Provisional Summary Report, March 1992, p. 1.

2. P. Rogerson, Accident involvement and exposure by type of motorcycle, Vic Roads Report GR 91-5, 1991, p. 3.

3. Ibid., p. 5.

4. Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, Submission to the Inquiry into Motorcycle Safety in Victoria, February 1991, p. 12.

5. P. Rogerson, op. cit., p. 1.

6. Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, op. cit., p. 12.

7. P. Rogerson, op. cit., p. 8.

8. Ibid., p. 11.

9. Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, op. cit., p. 26.

10. Transport Accident Commission, Submission to the Inquiry into Motorcycle Safety in Victoria, 22 May 1991, p. 3.

11. M. King, S.E. Torpey and H.T. Wood, Engine Capacity Restrictions for Novice Motorcycles: The Victorian Experience, Australian Road Research Board Proceedings Vol. 12, Part 7.
12. Transport Accident Commission, op. cit., p. 3

13. Japanese motorcycle account for 87% of novice crashes and 90% of 1250cc motorcycle registrations in Victoria: P. Rogerson, op. cit., p. 16.

14. P. Rogerson, op. cit., p. 15.

15. Ibid.

16. P. Rogerson et al , op. cit., p. 6.

17. Mr G. Roff, Minutes of Evidence, 22 May 1991, p.44.

18. Mr D. Hill, Minutes of Evidence, 24 July 1991, p. 264.

19. Ibid.

20. Senior Constable A. Jerrim, Minutes of Evidence, 22 May 1991, p.72.

21. Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) Ltd. Submissions to the Inquiry intoMotorcycle Safety in Victoria, March 1991, p. 12.

22. Mr J. Fabre, Minutes of Evidence, 22 May 1991, pp. 34-35A

23. Mr R. Scholar, Minutes of Evidence, 22 May 1991, p.56

24. Ibid. pp. 57-58

25. Vicroads, Submissions to the Inquiry into Motorcycle Safety in Victoria, March 1991, p.25.

26. Mr C. Meredith, motorcycle rider and lawyer, Submissions to the Inquiry, 1 April 1991, pp. 2-3.

27. Mr D. Kingsbury, Minutes of Evidence, 23 May 1991, p.99

28. Novice Rider Working Group, Record of Meeting, 20 March 1992

29. Staysafe 18, Steering Novice Drivers Towards Safety, Parliament of New South Wales Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety, p.59.

30. Mr D. Anderson, Minutes of Evidence, 17 February 1993, pp.86-87.

31. Ibid.

32. Unless unliscenced or drink-driving contributed to the accident, or driving with a blood alcohol concentration of over 0.05g/100ml, or the accident occurred in the course of committing an indictable offence, or stealing a motor-car or where the injured partyseeks damages outside the Act in the $20,000 to $500,000 range to compensate for pain and suffering, loss of amenities and enjoyment of life or loss of earnings.

33. Incidents caused by or directly arising out of the driving of a motor car or other motor vehicle include those covered by the Accident Compensation Act 1985.

34. Transport Accident Commission, op. cit., p. 2.

35. Transport Accident Commission, Submission to the Inquiry into Motorcycle Safety in Victoria, 15 August 1991, p. 6.

36. Transport Accident Commission, op. cit., 22 May 1991, p. 6.

37. Mr J. Stanway, Minutes of Evidence, 23 May 1991, p. 88.

38. ss. 8(a)(d), 11(c).

39. Transport Accident Commission, op. cit., p. 4.

40. Transport Accident Commission, op. cit., 15 August 1992, p. 6.

41. s. 8(b).

42. s. 8(d).

43. s. 11(b).

44. Transport Accident Commission, op. cit., p. 6.

45. Ibid.

46. Social Development Committee, Inquiry into Motorcycle Safety in Victoria, First Report: Motorcycle Visibility, March 1992, p. 12.

47. ss. 1, 3(1).

48. Transport Accident Commission, information provided to the Committee.

49. Ibid.

50. Vicroads, information provided to the Committee, 16 January 1992.

51. Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, op. cit., p. 27.

52. Mr D. Kingsbury, op. cit., pp. 102-103.